Conflaguration at "Hang 'um High".

[Dick Dastardly]

I watched helplessly as a fine Pard lost his motor home at Oconomowoc, WI this last weekend.  He was able to save his guns, ammo, some duds and most importantly, his wife.  In five minutes the motor home was a complete loss.

He rose above advirsity, pards kicked in, and he went on to shoot the match.  His smile was there for all to see and it stayed on his face all thru the match.  He got plenty of support from everybody and this morning he's sorting it all out with his insurance company.

I wish him luck.

DD-DLoS

[Silver Creek Slim]

It was a sickening sight to helplessly watch it burn. But, the next two days he rose above it and had a great time. Raise yer glasses in a toast to him.

Slim

[Book Miser]

Slim, "toasting" someone who's just lost his stuff in a fire is kinda ironic, don'cha think? 

Any idea what started the fire? I've seen one travel trailer burn, and it is not a pretty sight.

Which is why I went off on someone in Myrtle Beach over Easter weekend. BIG campground: 2,000 sites, about 150 of which were occupied by the Freightliner Classic Club rally. This group alone represented around $60 million worth of rolling stock. On the beach, at the end of the campground, it looks like WW3 is starting. My dawgs are going bonkers at the noise. I peek over the dunes and find a 30-ish woman with two young sons, who has just set off one of those gigantic commercial-size fireworks mortars, what you use for a display in some downtown on July 4th. There's absolutely NO safety equipment; more ordnance is stored within range of what's been lit; the big mortar was not secured by sandbags; etcetera. I call the woman over and order her off the beach. She asks who am I to order this, and I tell her I'm the guy who's gonna torch her mini-van if she doesn't move. She starts to leave, then got some courage and cell-phoned some local friends, who showed up tryin' to play tough-guy. It was beginnin' to look like a standoff between a couple dozen old farts and about five 20-something guys. I was ready to fetch the scattergun when the young guys decided to beat a slow, noisy retreat to another stretch of beach. I was not the only guy in camp who was ready to start a shootin' scrape if necessary. The idijits running the campground claim they have no power over what goes on the beach, even though it was accessed through their security gate. Depending who you asked, and when, the story was that the local PD controlled the beach, or the Coast Guard did, or somebody-else-we-don't-know-who does. And THIS from an outfit chargin' $50 a night for a campsite!  I won't mention the name of the place, but if you want to know, so's to avoid it, shoot me a PM.

Happens too frequently. You set up camp somewhere decent, and then a flock of dolts comes in and starts a campfire that looks the the Burning Man. Camp owners mostly don't have to stones to confront them. Next time that happens, I'm gonna saunter past and chuck a coupla 12-gauge shells into the campfire.
 

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[Silver Creek Slim]

Sorry, I wasn't trying to be punny. 

It was an engine fire. I don't know if it was oil, gasoline, and/or electical. It was at least 10 years old.

Slim

[Book Miser]

Lord knows, Slim, no offense was taken here. 

It was an interesting choice of words, though.

Engine compartment fires are another reason I prefer a travel trailer to a motorhome.

Perhaps I sound overly riled about this stuff. We spend four to five months a year on the road, and losing a trailer or tow vehicle to someone else's stupidity would just put me over the edge. Especially when you're snow-birding, the middle of the week is usually a breeze. It's the poor slob who has only a few weekends a year, and is trying to cram them as full of "fun" as possible who usually creates the problem. In Miss. we camp among slash pine trees, and the ground is littered with pine straw. The park prohibits campfires, but there's always some dumdum. One group actually built a fire in a little spot between the roots of two living pines, then wondered why they got run out of the place.

...at least it's a change from the brand of dumb behavior to be seen repeated day after day here at home base. 

Not to hijack the thread. This pard at Oconomowoc deserves a big Sprit of The Game award. Just outta cruel curiosity, how'd he come out in the match  standings? 

[Silver Creek Slim]

...
Not to hijack the thread. This pard at Oconomowoc deserves a big Sprit of The Game award. Just outta cruel curiosity, how'd he come out in the match  standings? 

I have no idea. I don't even know how I did. 

Slim

[Doc Bonecutter]

Slim,

You didn't win!

Haven't seen the full list yet so I don't know how Chicago Outlaw Sider did but he sure did "Cowboy Up!"

[Silver Creek Slim]

Slim,

You didn't win!

Haven't seen the full list yet so I don't know how Chicago Outlaw Sider did but he sure did "Cowboy Up!"

I didn't win!   

Slim